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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1490 

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regarding the Nagamut 

selection, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2017 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. SULLIVAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

regarding the Nagamut selection, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ANCSA Nagamut 

5 Group Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NAGAMUT. 

7 Section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

8 Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(g) NAGAMUT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this 

2 subsection: 

3 ‘‘(A) CALISTA.—The term ‘Calista’ means 

4 Calista Corporation, an Alaska Native Regional 

5 Corporation in accordance with section 7, which 

6 is entitled to the subsurface estate to the 

7 Nagamut selection pursuant to section 14(f). 

8 ‘‘(B) NAGAMUT.—The term ‘Nagamut’ 

9 means Nagamut Limited, a Native group recog10 nized as eligible to receive the conveyance of 

11 6,080 acres under section 13(h)(2) and orga12 nized under the laws of the State of Alaska. 

13 ‘‘(C) NAGAMUT SELECTION.—The term 

14 ‘Nagamut selection’ means the unconveyed sur15 face estate to 6,080 acres of land Nagamut se16 lected on September 18, 1975, under Bureau of 

17 Land Management serial number AA–9902. 

18 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—As determined under para19 graph (3), in lieu of the conveyance of the Nagamut 

20 selection to Nagamut and the subsurface estate of 

21 the Nagamut selection to Calista, the Secretary 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) pay compensation to Nagamut in an 

24 amount equal to the fair market value of the 

25 Nagamut selection; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) pay compensation to Calista in an 

2 amount equal to the fair market value of any 

3 subsurface estate beneath the Nagamut selec4 tion to which Calista is entitled. 

5 ‘‘(3) APPRAISALS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 18 months of 

7 the date of enactment of the Alaska Native 

8 Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017, 

9 the fair market value of the surface and sub10 surface estates of the Nagamut selection shall 

11 be determined by appraisals conducted— 

12 ‘‘(i) in accordance with the Uniform 

13 Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Ac14 quisitions and the Uniform Standards of 

15 Professional Appraisal Practice; 

16 ‘‘(ii) by an appraiser mutually agree17 able to the Secretary, Nagamut, and 

18 Calista; 

19 ‘‘(iii) in a way that shall determine 

20 the fair market values of the surface and 

21 subsurface estates of the Nagamut selec22 tion as though the estates were available 

23 for selection under this Act on the date of 

24 enactment of the Alaska Native Claims 

25 Settlement Improvement Act of 2017; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) without regard to the current 

2 ownership status. 

3 ‘‘(B) COSTS.—The costs of the appraisals 

4 required under this paragraph shall be borne by 

5 the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(4) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT; COM7 PENSATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab9 lished a special account in the Treasury of the 

10 United States to be known as the ‘Nagamut Se11 lection Special Account’, into which shall be de12 posited from the General Fund of the Treasury 

13 a sum equal to the appraised fair market value 

14 of the surface and subsurface estates of the 

15 Nagamut selection. 

16 ‘‘(B) COMPENSATION.—Amounts in the 

17 Nagamut Selection Special Account shall be 

18 available to the Secretary, without further ap19 propriation, to compensate Nagamut and 

20 Calista for the fair market value of the surface 

21 and subsurface estates of the Nagamut selec22 tion. 

23 ‘‘(5) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT.—The com24 pensation paid to Nagamut and Calista pursuant to 

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1 tlement of Nagamut and the rights to the subsurface 

2 estate held by Calista under the provisions of this 

3 Act.’’. 

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